Public Speaking: Creating the Impression You Want In public speaking, creating the impression you want isn’t always easy. Aristotle wisely said: “The impression created by the speaker as he utters the speech is the single greatest power of persuasion.” How you...
The Importance of Facial Expressions in Public Speaking When we ask participants in our workshop what characteristics define a boring or bad speaker, the list usually hasn’t grown to three before some variant of “monotone” or “expressionless” is mentioned. Every...
I’m always amazed at what paying just a little attention to the world around you will reveal. Even in a world as mysterious as speaking, you can learn a lot from reading. So I took a break from writing this month to just cull the source of all knowledge – the...
What do you do when you’re speaking and you make a mistake or there is an unexpected issue while you’re on stage? Fix it, Feature it, or Forget it. Enjoy this quick infographic checklist and read more from our Blog on How to handle blunders and mistakes...
Oops. What now? Anyone who has ever been on stage has had the fear of making a mistake. And most of us have actually made mistakes. Put our foot in our mouth. Misspoken. Said the wrong thing. It’s part of being human. But few have erred in as high stakes a...
Like most modern kids, mine are addicted… to their glow-in-the-dark devices that connect them to the outside world. It’s almost as if they have to be using a device to do anything. Every fact is checked on the internet. Every friend is confirmed through a...
